Introductory Psychology Resources

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General Nature of the fair use law:

The fair use law is basically set up to allow educators to make "fair use" of materials for instructional purposes. This "Fair use" clause has been interpreted as using material in such a way that would not deprive owners or authors of income. Therefore using a short video clip in class may be permissible to illustrate a point. However the author should have purchased the video in order to insert the clip and should inform students as to where they could buy the video. Using an entire video to garner funds for a department would be unacceptable under this clause. The current ruling on youtube.com videos and CNN.com video clips is not well established and you should be cautious in using these in your classroom. As stated previously, this site has been designed to give professors ideas on how videos and materials can be used in the classroom, securing the proper rites to be in legal compliance with both governmental and institutional rules is the responsibility of the individual.

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